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, l NITED: STATES PATENT OFFICE." 'i y CLAUDE TACHON,l or CHARLIEU,LOIRE,y FRANCE, ASSIGNCR, EY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, rro HERMANSPAEN, or NEW YORK, N. Y., AND EDoUARD C. LANDRU, oEUNIoN, NEW JERSEY. j

MACHINE FOR F|N|sH|Ne AND Fonsi-UNG Tex-NLE FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION. forming partvof Letters Patent No. 376,994, dateddanuary24, 1888.

Application led May ',7, 1887. Serial No. 237,405. (No model.) Patentedin France October 29, 1886, Nov.1f79,384.

To 'all whom/pimwy'concern: y

Be itl known that I, CLAUDE TACnoN, a'citi'., zen of the Republic ofFrance, residing at i Charlieu, Department of Loire, France,have' i ofwhich the following is a specification.

Io In another application for Letters Patent.

invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Finishingand Polishing rlextile Fabrics, (for Which l obtained patent in France,No. l79,384, dated October 29, 1886,)

led si multaneousl y herewith under Serial No.l 237,404'1 have describedand shown a machine for finishing and polishing textile fabrics, inA

which a series of 'rotating flexible blades are caused to act on thesurface of the goods transversely to the direction of motion of thegoods. In the machine for finishing and polishing l textile fabricsforming the subject-matter of my present invention,the flexiblepolishingblades are arranged and actuated to rub the goodslongitudinally or in the direction of' their movement as they are fedthrough the ,of the machine, the' blades of each set beingl so locatedon their respective shafts as to occupy different lateral positionsrelatively to' the goods, so lthat as they are rotatedy and caused toact on the goods all parts thereof are uniformly submitted to/an equalamount of rubbing action. l

To fully describe the construction and oper'- ation of the various partsof thisimproved tinplete machine.

ishing and polishing machine, I will now refer to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l, Sheet l, is a plan View of the com- Fig.2, Sheet 2, is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3, Sheet 3, is a rearelevation or view of the end of the machine at which the goods enter.Fig.' 4, Sheet 4, is af sectional elevation'taken on the line v a', Fig.l. Fig. 5, Sheet 3, is an enlarged'front view of a part of one of thepolishing-shaft-sand flexible blades. andl Fig. 7, Sheet 3, is atransverse section of the same. A

Fig. 6, Sheet 3,'.is a plan View, f

The main frame a is rectangular in form,Y

and in the upper part thereof, supported on the ber c, provided with theinlet-pipe jc" andk pressure-regulating cock c2, the clothcovering d,and strips of leather e e.v These strips of leather are secured to theedges of the box'b,

so as to lie at an angle to the goodsas shown at Fig. 1, the object ofwhich will be hereinafter explained.A

The shafts f f, which carry g g, rotate in bearings on the tops/of thesides ofthe main frame c, and they are all driven the iiexibleblades fin the same direction by means of bevel-pinions It h, secured to theshaft ,placedlongitudinally in bearings projecting from the sidev ofthepframe, meshing into the'bevel-wheels h h', secured to the ends ofthe .shafts ff, adjacent to the shaft i. The other ends of the shafts ff are provided with similar bevel-wheels, .h2 A

h2. This permits of the shafts ff being reversed in position in theirbearings, so that the other sides ofthe iexible blades g g will strikethe' i goods j, thus providing means for counteracting any set impartedto the blades by pro-y longed use in eitherdirection. y

The shaft 'i is driven by means of the pinionc, whichis secured to thedriving-pub' lo, secured to the rear end of the shaft i. Each bevel--ley k', andwhich meshes 4into the bevel-wheel of the shaftsf has squaregrooves formed lonf,

gitudinally therein on opposite sides thereof, andthe exiblerubbing-blades gV g are secured totheshaftsbymeansofscrewspassingthrough them and through washers or plates g gf intothe radial sides of the grooves, as shown at Figs. 5, 6, and 7, in whichviews the washers g g are tapering, so that the blades g g are obliqueto the axes'of the shafts ff, which position it is desirablethey shouldoccupyin treat-- ing some kinds of goods. In themail views of thedrawings the blades are inline with the 9 o axes of the shafts,` so thattheir ends strike squarely on the goods. Y y 4 The flexible blades areeach composed of a -central Spring-tempered steel rplatefandreenforcingside springs.

As before stated, all of the blades g g rotate in the same direction,but they are so set as not to strike or act on the goods j together.There are six sets of blades shown in the drawings; but this number maybe varied as desired. rIhe first and fourth, second and fifth, and thethird and sixth sets occupy similar angular positions, the angulardifferences between them being such that duringa short interval of timeal1 of the blades are clear of the goods, thus allowing the goods toregain the normal tension due to the feeding device should it be alteredby the action ot' the blades on theV goods.

It will he observed by referring to Fig. l that the blades g g arearranged on the shafts Affso that no two blades on different shafts aredirectly in line with one another, and it is necessary that the edges ofthe blades shall be opposed by or work on a uniform bed Y sur face, forwhich reason the leather straps e e are placed at an angle on the bed,so as to be di rectly under the blades.

It is found preferable to have the blades act on the goods in thedirection in which they are drawn through the machine; and, to preventthe goods being drawn forward faster than the feeding device is set toact,the roller l, on which the goods are placed,is provided with a brakeor retarding device, consisting of a strap, m, passing over the rollerl, a lever, n, to one end of which the strap misfastened,and the weighto,p]aced on the other end ofthe lever n. This weight o is adjustable onthe lever a, so that the friction between the strap m and roller l maybe varied at pleasure. The rear and front guides,p and q, respectively,vary in height throughout their lengths in a similar manner to and forthe same object asthe corresponding guides in my before-mentionedapplication; so it is here unnecessary to further enter into theirconstruction. |The goods, after passing over the front guide, q, arewound up on the roller 1", which has a continuous rotary motion impartedto it by means of the worm-wheel r on its end, the worm s workingtherein and secured to the shaft ofthe conical pulley s', the reverseconical pulley t, driven by a gear-Wheel on the end of theshaft,a1id theconnecting-belt 15.2 Thisbelt tzis controlled by the shifter u, actuatedby thescrew u', provided with the hand- Wheel u, by the manipulation ofwhich the belt t2 is shifted along the conical pulleys, and the speed ofthe windingnp roller r varied at pleasure.

The particular construction of the elastic bedb c d e and the guides p qshown in the drawings forms no part of the present invention, beingdescribed and claimed in my be fore-mentioned application.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. In a machine for finishing and polishing textile fabrics, incombination, an elastic bed, feeding mechanism for drawing thegoods overthe bed, severalseries ofiiexible blades rotated inonedirection,arranged toact longitudinally on the goods and set indifferent angular positions, and devices for imparting a continuousrotary motion to the flexible blades, substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine for finishing and polishing,lr textile fabrics, incombination, an elastic bed, feeding mechanism for drawing the goodsover the bed, several series of flexible blades rotated in one directionand arranged to actlongitudinally on the goods in the direction in whichthe goods travel over the bed, devices for imparting a continuous rotarymotion to the flexible blades, and a brake or retarding device acting onthe roller holding the goods, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. Ina machine for finishing and polishing textile fabrics, incombination, feeding mechanism for drawing the goods through themachine, transversely-arranged shafts, devices for continuously rotatingthe shafts, flexible blades secured to the transverse shafts so as tooccupy different lateral positions in relation to the goods, and anelastic bed provided with strips of leather obliquely arranged thereon,between which and the flexible blades the goods are drawn, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth. f

4. In combination, the side shaft, t, provided with bevel-pinions hh,the shaftsff, provided with bevel-wheels hh on one of their ends andsimilar bevel-wheels, h2 h2, on their other ends, the flexiblerubbing-blades g g, secured to the shafts f f, and the elastic bed c de, sub-A stantially as set forth.

, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of March,A. D. 1887.

CLAUDE TACHON. i

Witnesses:

FRANoIs PAYsAc, YANT YARELLE.

